Lighting A Fire / Burning Wood - Spartherm SENSO S Montage- Und Betriebsanleitung

4.2 LIGHTING A FIRE / BURNING WOOD

Lighting the fire in your stove is very easy if you follow the instruc-
tions given below:
1. A fire may only be started in the stove with the correctly in-
stalled firebox lining.
2. Turn off any air extraction ventilation (kitchen, bathroom, WC
etc.). This will avoid low pressure building up in the installa-
tion room that can affect the extraction of flue gasses from the
fireplace. Check the combustion air supply (if required, open
the cover flap)!
3. Adjust the combustion air control to the "Fuelling" position and
open the firebox door (swing open).
4. Place chopped wood into the middle of the firebox using the
funeral pyre method (made of softwood) (Picture 1).
5. Place standard firelighter cubes under the wood pyre to help
start the fire. (Paper is not recommended because it burns too
quickly and causes ash to circulate).
6. Never use methylated spirits, petrol, oil or other easily com-
bustible liquids.
Picture 1
7. Light the fire using the firelighter cubes and leave the firebox
door open by approx. 3 – 5 cm. The fire should now light, burn-
ing brightly and intensively.
8. When the kindling wood is burning well then add smaller
hardwood logs or larger softwood logs using the funeral pyre
method (Picture 2).
9. When the chopped wood is burning well, close the door; the
control lever remains to the right (air supply open), this should
remain the case for at least 20 – 30 min in order to bring the
stove to its operating temperature.
10. You can find out more about the correct volume of wood to add
to the fire in the section "Volume of wood to add per hour" (see
point 4.2.2).
11. When the wood has been completely burnt and only embers
are remaining from the initial wood added to the fire then new
wood can be added as required (hardwood is ideal) (Picture 3).
12. Depending on the weather conditions, adjust the control lever
more or less towards the middle setting or a little over. The
setting always depends on experience and the current local
conditions.
Picture 2
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